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Subject: [Leica] Any chance there is a DMR out there for sale? S2
From: john.nebel at csdco.com (John Nebel)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:39:21 -0700
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Ted,

My R3 never failed until after I'd given it away, although I heard later on 
that there was a problem with the flexible circuit strip in some of the R3s 
which rendered them effectively unrepairable.

John

On 12/19/2010 4:19 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
> Hi John,
> My personal response about the R3... don't laugh, as I've never owned one, 
> but
> do have a great story about LEICA and one of my 3 R4's. :-) some day. :-)
>
> Now the R3? I have said on so many occaisons about that camera? "The only 
> thing
> it was good for was an anchour on a leaking boat!" Obviously I never 
> thought of
> it worth a penny! :-)
>
> By the same token I've disussed this with many R3 users over the years who 
> swear
> by it. :-) Me?
>
> cheers,
> ted
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Nebel" <john.nebel at csdco.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 3:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Any chance there is a DMR out there for sale? S2
>
>
>> Ted,
>>
>> In 1970s I somehow managed to buy an R3 by otherwise living on 
>> $1500/year, a
>> wonderful camera. A friend had a chrome M which she had painted black.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> John
>
>
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